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Examples of cold comfort in a Sentence
The good news about the economy is cold comfort to people who have lost their jobs.
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But this is cold comfort: When DOGE employees tried to access a secure system at USAID that included personnel files, John Voorhees, that agency’s director of security, confronted them.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
But that’s surely cold comfort to the Russian tank crews who are getting blasted now.
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David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
But given the law's five-year window for enforcement, the Justice Department's failure to enforce the law today could be cold comfort.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
That’s cold comfort when plummeting in the standings.
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Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of cold comfort was
in the 14th century
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“Cold comfort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20comfort. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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